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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2008, 9:44 PM MDT for Missoula County, Montana. It took effect at May 20, 2008, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2008, 9:44 PM MDT (03:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 20, 2008, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 23, 2008, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Missoula County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Bitterroot River near Missoula (BITM8). The gauge peaked at 11.97 ft at May 21, 2008, 9:00 PM MDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12352500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 19, 8:48 PM MDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 8:48 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1:01 PM MDT | River Flood Watch | MSO | Sanders | 23 hr |
| May 20, 1:01 PM MDT | River Flood Watch | MSO | Flathead | 27 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.